August 2010
Volume 35
Number 8
Features
Definition of Cool
Think
coolness is a subjective thing? No, it’s a certifiable “Scott and Leslie”
thing. The owners of Comet Café and its many siblings chalk up their success to
luck. But it’s clearly more than that.
By Thomas
Cullen
Toasts of the Town
Tender is
the night. Time to break free from out desk chains and take refuge in one of
Milwaukee’s millions (dare we exaggerate?) of bars. We went out on a limb and
picked the area’s 30 best. Ballsy, yes.
By Evan
Solochek
Paper Money
Facing
growing financial challenges, the once-profitable, privately owned Journal
Sentinel took its stock plan public. That’s when things started to go south.
The story of its disastrous downfall.
By Mary Van
de Kamp Nohl
Departments
Outfront
A fall from
grace.
By Bruce
Murphy
Mail
How we know
you care. Deeply.
Events
Experiential
sculpture, a jazz chameleon, Fugard in Spring Green and Rufus’ return.
Insider
The joys
(argh) of building permits, Brew City’s belles of the burlesque, and a
(cemetery) plot thickens.
First Person
An Integral
behind –the-scenes Brewers guy.
Pressroom
A
kissy-kissy media relationship.
Reviews
Robot
dinosaurs, a PBR palace, 20 hunky homes.
The Mil
Lifestyles
of the rich…Nah, just our gossip column.
Savvy
Fashion
A tribal
trajectory—sandals to bangles.
Shopping
Wowing
window-shopping in Whitefish Bay.
Real Estate
Reflecting
on Richfield’s rescued subdivision.
Health
Your feet
are the window to the soul. A window, at least, to what’s ailing your body.
By Erin
O’Donnell
Dining
Riverwest’s
tiny treasure, Café Corazon. And what your peers are saying in the latest,
greatest Reader’s Choice dining survey.
By Ann
Christenson
Endgame
Father Mike Hammer speaks a language not shared by the Catholic hierarchy.
By Kurt
Chandler
